Mouamar Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Mouamar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mouamar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania241:170,6199,051
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Mouamar (32) may also be a first name.

Mouamar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mouamar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mouamar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻤﺮ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mouamar? popularity and diffusion

Mouamar is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Mouamar is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Mouamar live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 32 people.

The surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 170,619. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 96 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 23 percent live and Lebanon, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouammar9320/
Mouatmar931/
Moamar9262/
Mouammard886/
Moammar86597/
Mohamar86333/
Muhamar8686/
Moaimar863/
Moaamar861/
Mohammar8041/
Muhammar8041/
Mauammar801/
Moammard801/
Mouamour801/
Mouameur801/
Muahamar801/
Maomar773/
Muámar771/
Moohamard751/
Mahomar71141/
Maomare716/
Meaamar711/
Mohomar711/
Mahjomar679/
Mohamord672/
Mejhammar637/
Maomoure531/

Mouamar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mouamar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻌﻤﺮmmr84.62
ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻤﺮalmmr15.38

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mouamar
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